General Information

Author/Creator

Devlin, Paul, director.

Language

English.

Subtitles

English

Published

United States, 2003.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (85 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00003495

Contents/Summary

Summary

In an environment of pervasive corruption, assassination, and street rioting, the story of chaotic post-Soviet transition is told through culture clash, electricity cut-offs and blackouts. AES Corp., the massive American "global power company," has purchased the privatized electricity distribution company in Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. AES manager Piers Lewis must now train the ex-communist populace to understand that, in this new world, customers pay for their electricity. Meanwhile the Georgians, from pensioners to the Energy Minister himself, devise ever-more ingenious ways to get it free - including elaborately-rigged nests of hazardous wiring, blackmail, and bribery. Determined to restore order, the power company's employees fight back - going so far as to shut down an airline's power supply just before a plane lands.

Subjects

Subject

United States

Bibliographic Information

Note

Verzio Film Festival Submission

Duration: 01:25:00

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0376a	Available		-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0376a (HU_OSA_00003495.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format